Victoria Shoebox Project looking to fill 735 shoeboxes

The Victoria Shoebox Project is looking for donations to help fill more than 700 shoeboxes by Dec. 16, with each and everyone of them destined for a woman in need. (Courtesy Victoria Shoebox Project/Facebook)
Each box is designed to brighten a woman’s day and is filled with $50 of personal care, comfort items

Assistant Commissioner Brian Edwards, in charge of the Surrey RCMP, addresses Surrey city council on Monday, Nov. 28. (Screen shot)

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Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke with Bob Marjanovich. (Whittingham photo)

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